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Artifacts |
Objects made by people
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Carbon dating
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A scientific method to find out how old something is
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DNA analysis
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Study of genetic material found in humans, plants, and animals
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History
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The study of written and other records of human events
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Prehistory
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The study of the past before written records
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Archeology
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The science of examining objects to learn about past peoples
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Lake
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A body of water surrounded by land
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Island
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A body of land surrounded by water
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Peninsula
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A body of land surrounded by water on all sides except one
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Continent
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One of seven large land masses on the Earth
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Strait
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A thin strip of water between two large bodies of water
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Antarctica
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Cold icy continent at the South Pole
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Atlantic Ocean
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Ocean that separates the Americas from Africa and Europe
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Indian Ocean
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Ocean between Asia and Australia
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Pacific Ocean
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Ocean between Asia and the Americas
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Asia
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The largest continent, connected to Europe
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Europe
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Continent connected to Asia |
Continent connected to Asia |
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Australia
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The smallest continent, the only continent that is also a country
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North America
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The continent you live on
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South America
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The continent south of North America, shaped like an ice cream cone
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Africa
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The continent south of Europe, east of Australia
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Equator
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Imaginary line that goes around the middle of the Earth like a belt; 0 degrees latitude
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Prime Meridian
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Imaginary line that goes up and down around the Earth through the North and South Poles; 0 degrees longitude
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Hunter-gatherers
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People who did not farm and were nomadic, wandering after the animals they hunted
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Old Stone Age
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Earliest period of human history, people had no metal tools |
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Bang!
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Bang! |
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